Bug#479950: java-gcj: java alternative overwritten

2008-05-07 Thread Blars Blarson
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:04:44PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > After upgrading my system, a java program failed to run because the java > > alternative was overwritten from the previously selected sun java. > > maybe this works for the simple case, but how is it technically > possible to keep

Bug#479950: java-gcj: java alternative overwritten

2008-05-07 Thread James Vega
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:04:44PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > maybe this works for the simple case, but how is it technically > possible to keep an alternative in manual state, if you change > priority, add or remove slave links? Neither of these actions cause the manual status to change since

Bug#479950: java-gcj: java alternative overwritten

2008-05-08 Thread Matthias Klose
> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:04:44PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > maybe this works for the simple case, but how is it technically > > possible to keep an alternative in manual state, if you change > > priority, add or remove slave links? > > Neither of these actions cause the manual status to

Bug#479950: java-gcj: java alternative overwritten

2008-05-08 Thread James Vega
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:30:26AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:04:44PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > The proper approach is to only remove the alternative in prerm if $1 is > > "remove" or "deconfigure". > > which exactly doesn't work when changes are made. It w

Bug#479950: java-gcj: java alternative overwritten

2008-05-28 Thread Vincent Danjean
Blars Blarson wrote: > After upgrading my system, a java program failed to run because the java > alternative was overwritten from the previously selected sun java. I saw several times the same bug until I discovered that instead of using update-alternatives, I should use update-java-alternatives.

Bug#479950: java-gcj: java alternative overwritten

2008-08-11 Thread Matthias Klose
tag 479950 + wontfix thanks if these are still overwritten, then update-alternatives should offer a mode to update/add/remove slave links without changing the alternative. related bugs filed on dpkg might be 342566 and 388313. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Bug#479950: java-gcj: java alternative overwritten

2008-05-07 Thread Blars Blarson
Package: java-gcj-compat Version: 1.0.78-1 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 10.7.3 *** Please type your report below this line *** After upgrading my system, a java program failed to run because the java alternative was overwritten from the previously selected sun java. -- System Informat

Bug#479950: java-gcj: java alternative overwritten

2008-05-07 Thread Matthias Klose
tag 479950 + moreinfo thanks Blars Blarson writes: > Package: java-gcj-compat > Version: 1.0.78-1 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 10.7.3 > > *** Please type your report below this line *** > > After upgrading my system, a java program failed to run because the java > alternative was